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Thursday, October 11, 2012

You're Invited! Business Unusual: A Creative Conversation about ...

Join the EmcArts/ArtsFwd team and invited guests in NYC on Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7:00pm-9:00pm, for a Creative Conversation about?why organizational change matters, how it works, the barriers, and how it impacts our work and our communities.

ArtsFwd is a great way to share and learn from each other online about strategies for change, but we?re excited to move the conversation off-line for our New York City followers.

We hope you?ll join us!?This is a FREE event.?Wine and light refreshments will be served!

Event: ? ?Business Unusual: A Creative Conversation about Organizational Change
When:? ? Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where: ??EmcArts Offices at 127 W 122nd St New York, NY 10027
RSVP: ? ??On Eventbrite

Description:

Organizational change is a real challenge, but it?s essential, given the radical new demands that face arts organizations today.

The conversation is called ?Business Unusual? because we?ll be focusing on change that goes beyond improving business-as-usual.? You?ll get the inside scoop on change initiatives that test out truly unconventional strategies, require a deep questioning of assumptions, and achieve surprising results.

Meghan McDermott from Global Action Project, April Lee from DIA: Beacon, and others will give short, dynamic presentations about how change works in their organizations and then we?ll discuss the successful ingredients to creating change and how frameworks can facilitate.

The conversation is open to anyone with an interest in change, innovation,?adaptive?capacities, and what it takes to make organizations thrive, including:?practitioners, service providers, policy makers, academics, activists, and students.

EmcArts / ArtsFwd Team:?

The Conversation will be hosted by Karina Mangu-Ward (Director of?Activating?Innovation), Liz Dreyer (Manager of National Programs), Jonas Cartano (Director of Community Initiatives), and Piama Habibullah (Communications Manager & Online Producer).

About Karina Mangu-Ward, EmcArts Director of Activating Innovation

Karina Mangu-Ward is the Director of Activating Innovation at EmcArts, where she leads the development of ArtsFwd.org, an interactive online platform for arts leaders to learn and share stories about adaptive change and the power of effective innovation.